Private Acts of 1797 Chapter 8

COMPILER'S NOTE: The other sections in this Act deal with the creation of Cooke County.
Therefore, the sections have been omitted.

WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, LIVING ON THE WATERS
OF FRENCH BROAD AND BIG PIGEON, ABOVE THE MOUTH OF CHUCKY RIVER,
ARE SO SITUATED BY RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS, THAT THEY CANNOT WITH
CONVENIENCE ATTEND COURTS, GENERAL MUSTERS OR ELECTIONS IN SAID
COUNTY: AND IT BEING MADE APPEAR TO THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THAT THE
BONDS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION MAY BE HAD IN EACH COUNTY:
SECTION 1. That from and after the passing of this act, the said county shall be divided
by a line to begin on the North Carolina boundary line with this state, on the south side of French
Broad river, one mile from said river, thence down said river, one mile distance from the same to
where it intersects the Greene county line, thence with said line to Nolachucky river, a small
distance below Captain William White's house, thence down the said river to French Broad,
leaving all the islands
to Jefferson County, thence down the river French Broad, in the same manner, to the bent of said
river opposite Colonel Parmenas Taylor's, and from thence a direct line to the top of English's
mountain, within one mile of Sevier county line, thence parallel with that line to the uppermost
house on Cozby's creek, and from thence an easterly line, to a point on the North Carolina
boundary line, as to leave six hundred and twenty-five square miles in Jefferson County, and from thence
with said boundary line to the beginning, which bounds, so described, shall, from and after the
passing of this act, be a separate and distinct county, known by the name of COCKE.
SECTION 7. That the sheriff of Jefferson County is hereby authorized to collect all
monies due on judgments or executions, entered up in the county of Jefferson, prior to the
passing of this act, and that all proceedings now pending in the county of Jefferson shall be
proceeded on, and determined in same manner as if this law had not been passed.
Passed: October 9, 1797.